SAN DIEGO — A police investigation has concluded that a San Diego mother intentionally killed herself and her 2-year-old son last September when they fell off a six-story concourse at Petco Park before a Padres game, a homicide lieutenant said Wednesday.
An attorney for the woman's family said police have provided no explanation of what led investigators to a homicide-suicide conclusion. The attorney said he believes the San Diego Police Department is trying to shield the city — which owns Petco Park — from liability in the deaths of the mother and her son.
Raquel Wilkins, 40, and Denzel Browning-Wilkins died Sept. 25, just before the start of the Padres' penultimate home game of the season, when they fell from the third level of the ballpark just as thousands of fans were heading inside, San Diego police homicide Lt. Andra Brown said in a statement last year.
